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Article: Spanking in early childhood and later behavior problems.
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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In the United States, spanking is one of the most widely used punishments of preschool-aged children. More than nine out of every ten preschool aged children (ages two to five years old) have been spanked, and the majority of preschoolers have been spanked at least once in the past week.
Many parents wonder whether punishing a child by spanking is beneficial or harmful. Not knowing one way or the other, they may continually doubt whether their decision to spank their child (or not) is in his or her best interest. Others accept that spankings are beneficial, and yet still feel badly about imposing any physical pain on their child. For them, using spanking often ...